porongo
Portuguese, noun/poˈɾõ.ɡu/
porongo is spelled P-O-R-O-N-G-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 30 million words in written Portuguese, the 159,424th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Porongo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “gourd (the dried and hardened shell of a gourd fruit)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “o mesmo que cabaceiro-amargoso (Lagenaria vulgaris)”.
What does porongo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinegourd (the dried and hardened shell of a gourd fruit)
- 2
masculinecalabash (plant and fruit)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. o mesmo que cabaceiro-amargoso (Lagenaria vulgaris) 2. o mesmo que cabaça (fruto) 3. (Derivação: por metonímia) o mesmo que cabaça (recipiente) 4. (Derivação: por metonímia) (Regionalismo: Rio Grande do Sul) cuia de chimarrão
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of porongo
- porongos plural
- poronga alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce porongo?
- Brazil /poˈɾõ.ɡu/
- Portugal /puˈɾõ.ɡu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to porongo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is porongo in Portuguese?
porongo appears about once in every 30 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).